Psalms 85:2

iniquity. perverseness. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44.

covered. concealed. Hebrew. kasah; not kaphar, to atone.

sin. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.

Selah. Connecting forgiveness with (as being the basis of) millennial blessing. See App-66.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people - That is, These calamities came upon them in consequence of their sins, and thou hast dealt with t...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast (b) covered all their sin. Selah. (b) You have buried them that they will not come into jud...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXXV. Prayer for the Completion of Israel's Restoration. The Ps. falls clearly into two halves. Psalms 85:1-7 is a prayer to God. It begins ( Ps...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Thou hast taken away the iniquity of thy people. It was very natural for the faithful to feel alarmed and perplexed on account of their si...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity - נשאת עון nasatha avon, Thou...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou ha...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. looks back upon the mercy which God has shown to His people in bringing them back from captivity ( Psalms 85:1-3 ), entreats Him to remove t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Selah ] see on Psalms 3:4 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Forgiven. — Rather, taken away. (See Psalms 32:1 .)
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 85:1-13 THE outstanding peculiarity of this psalm is its sudden transitions of feeling. Beginning with exuberant thanksgiving for restorati...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Prayer for the Nation Psalms 85:1-13 This psalm is the counterpart of Psalms 80:1-19 . There we see petitions ascending; here thanksgivings...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This psalm would seen to have been written in a day when some Divine deliverance had been wrought for the people of God. Yet the singer is conscious...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If we first advert to Israel's history as a history of the church, we may trace abundant proofs of God's favor, from the moment they were formed into...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people ,.... Took it from them, and laid it on Christ, who has bore it, and took it away, so as it shall neve...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. Ver. 2. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity, &c. ] This is...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land That is, unto thy people, in removing the sad effects of thy displeasure. Thou hast brought back the...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prayer in Time of Trouble. To the chief musician. A psalm for the sons of K...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So as not to impute it to them, or to continue the punishment which thou didst inflict upon them for it.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the chief Musician .” See Introduction to Psalms 57 . “ A Psalm for the sons of Korah . “See Introduction to P...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 85:1-2 . LORD, thou host been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of th...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

In my brief comments upon this Psalm, I shall not feel bound to keep to the immediate occasion for which it was written, but shall seek to find a use...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 85:1 . Brought back the captivity of Jacob. Part of this psalm at least appears to have been composed after the return from captivity, or i...
The Biblical Illustrator

Lord, Thou hast been favourable unto Thy land. A psalm of deliverance; songs and sighs A part of the nation had returned, but to a ruined city,...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is a psalm written after a signal display of God's mercy towards Israel, but when there was still much wanting to make the con...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Prayer for the Welfare of the Country. To the chief musician, for use in liturgical worship, a psalm for the sons of Korah, an inspired singer o...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of Thy people, the entire history of Israel recounting this fact, Thou hast covered all their sin, this being the e...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 13:39 ; Colossians 2:13 ; Jeremiah 50:20 ; Micah 7:18 ; Psalms 32:1 ; Psalms 79:8 ; Psalms 79:9

² Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 85:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 85:2